Cody Rhodes: I Don’t Need My Feelings Protected, I’ve Seen The Balance Sheet
Cody Rhodes doesn’t need to be protected.
Following the heated promo between CM Punk and Roman Reigns on the February 2 episode of WWE Raw, there was some discussion surrounding how Cody Rhodes and/or Drew McIntyre need to respond in a big way to the promo.
On the February 6 episode of SmackDown, Rhodes addressed the situation as a dick measuring contest. There has been a ton of conversation surrounding that moment and on a recent episode of Mostly Sports, Rhodes spoke about it all.
“I can’t really give you the thoughts on the [dick] measuring contest other than I said what I said. Not taking it back. Said what I said and fully in my belief in what I said. However, that was a day — we have the most hardcore fans who sometimes cannot tell what is being put up as part of the show and what’s not. That’s the beauty of what we do, when are you in character, when are you out of character, whatever it may be. There was a lot of, ‘Oh, they have to reply to this really great Roman/CM Punk promo.’ Like, we’ve got to rebuttal. We’ve got to fight back. I’m not fighting either of those guys. One I have the upmost respect for and we hold two company records together, the other a genuine friend. I’m not fighting you guys. I’m probably going to be wrestling somebody else. So, what I thought was a little page of, I’m just gonna do something that hopefully makes this audience laugh and we’re going to move on. The current champion Drew McIntyre took it upon himself to stand up for the WWE Championship and good for him. The guy I beat for the WWE Championship is one of the guys we’re talking about, it’s all on paper.”
Rhodes continued on and said that he doesn’t need his feelings protected.
“My friend Kazeem, he had said something about protecting my feelings whenever Roman is around. I thought — and this is going to sound really.. you’re not going to love this but I don’t need them protected. I’ve seen the balance sheet. I’m good on what the company has done with me and him and we’re good.”
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